Wow, we loved this concert.
The last of our visits to the Lufthansa Festival of Baroque Music that year, this one really inspired us. It comprises religious baroque music from the places people would visit on a pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostella.
The lovely Arianna Savall sang and played the renaissance harp. She is the daughter of Jordi Savall and Montserrat Figueras.
So insired by this concert were we, that we made our own “pilgrimage to Santiago” the following spring, after visiting nephew Paul in Barcelona – click here for our pictures of Santiago.
Disappointing though, was the fact that we were unable to buy a recording of the music we heard. All that was available for purchase on the night was mum and dad’s “Homenatge Al Misteri D’Elx – La Vespra” – interesting music but not the beautiful stuff we heard that night.
Surprised and delighted was I, therefore, to discover just now, while researching this blog piece, Ensemble La Fenice/Arianna Savall released a recording of the very stuff we heard that night, a mere four years after our concert. I immediately purchased and downloaded the album and am listening to it as I write. It really is lovely music.
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